As we realize how narrow our stairs are....

Here is what I sit amongst as I type this post....

Two large boxes containing the two very nice wardrobes that we purchased for our bedroom that will not make it further than the top of the first staircase (our room is on the top floor.)  Ugh, what a costly mistake and very disappointing because they are much better than the assemble yourself ones we will have to use now.  Here's hoping that the dressers we had shipped will fit up the stairs.

We had some snow today, just a little bit, so we trudged to school in the snow, thank goodness for rain boots!  And pushing the stroller through the snow is a different experience, but it all worked out.

Another interesting thing we have discovered here is Surprise Eggs.  The kids go crazy for them!!!  Somehow, they discovered them on YouTube and then the spotted them when we went to the toy store a couple weeks ago.  

Here is what it looks like with the wrapper on.  The yellow
part is what is inside with the toy.

Once you open the foil, here is the chocolate egg.  Alison says
it's the best chocolate she has ever had. (It's pretty good, but
I have had better!)

And here is the toy that comes in the generic "Kinder Surpise Eggs."
The ones are YouTUbe are characters like Cars, Frozen,
Thomas, Despicable Me.  I am wondering if those are just
around Easter time.

Here's the toy assembled, along with the instructions.

Brad did some research about them, and he said all candy with toys embedded are illegal in the US (and they have been since 1938!!!), which would explain why we have never seen them before.  And Apparently, if you are caught trying to smuggle them in, you are fined $2500 per egg.  So, sorry US friends, you will have to come visit it you want to have the best chocolate ever and have one of these high quality, highly exciting toys!!

And last night, I had the privilege of seeing my first familiar face from the US.  My friend Jen Kuhle is in town for the week with her husband, so we had a proper pub dinner at Lamb and Flag, one of the oldest pubs in London.  The sign said Circa 1623!  That's really old!